Smoking can fix a lot of our (team) problems
(Source: press.ikidane-nippon.com) An executive made a casual remark in a recent intact team development workshop, 'Smoking (together)...
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ASK, NOT TELL
....and many other thoughts about facilitation, coaching ( teams & individuals) and learning
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David
Dec 4, 20192 min read
‘Zero collusion’ can be equally bad
My take on collusion (e.g. pleasing participants in developmental interventions) has been changing in the last few years. First, I was...
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David
Oct 19, 20194 min read
‘Immunity to Change’ vs Psychodynamics
[Photo source unidentified. Please advise if anyone knows. I will add the source accordingly] I learnt to use the ‘Immunity to Change’...
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David
Feb 24, 20193 min read
Why does Economics assume rationality?
To a certain extent, I regret that I was major in Economics in university. Economics assumes that people are rational i.e. individuals...
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David
Oct 16, 20181 min read
Danny Chan 陳百強
I had a day of individual and team coaching sessions last month. I arrived early to settle myself in my coaching room. The first song...
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David
Jun 12, 20182 min read
'What may also be going on?'
'What is really going on?' - It is the question often used in the Adaptive Leadership practice as well as in the psychodynamics...
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David
Jun 2, 20182 min read
Virtual Coaching
Some time ago, I worked in a program with a few other coaches. Because of misunderstanding on the schedule, a few coaches could not be...
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David
Apr 14, 20181 min read
The Good Old ‘Images’
This post is again about the fundamentals of learning – the use of images. I came across the above image on ‘Moneyball of Leadership”...
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David
Nov 8, 20172 min read
Dancing with the Surprise
Less than 12 hours before starting a 2-day Leadership Development workshop, the client told me that they need to take the first 1 hour...
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David
Apr 6, 20173 min read
10 Years Old
Like what I said in the 5 years anniversary, I would not imagine that this blog would last for 10 years when I started it in 2007. I...
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David
Mar 30, 20172 min read
A facilitating French teacher
Further to my last 2 posts, this one is about the teacher. The French teacher is a great (learning) facilitator. She can easily get a...
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David
Feb 19, 20172 min read
More about learning…. from the french class
This is further to the last post - Learning about learning in a French language class. I cannot help note down a few more amazing...
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David
Nov 30, 20161 min read
Facilitation Work as a Cover-Up
I was shown in a facilitation learning event a short video clip. It is about a retreat for 50+ people in an organisation design and...
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David
Sep 1, 20161 min read
Intended Messiness (Part 3)
The 2nd question to reflect on is ‘What are ‘good’ odd moments and what are those ‘bad’ ones to avoid?’ By ‘bad’, I mean those odd...
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David
Aug 25, 20162 min read
Intended Messiness (Part 2)
Following from the argument from the last post, there are 2 questions 1. How to assist the participants to learn from the odd moments...
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David
Aug 19, 20162 min read
Intended Messiness (Part 1)
Scenario – Along with others, you designed and ran a 3-day workshop. For various reasons (e.g. flow design, learners’ composition), on...
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David
Jul 29, 20162 min read
Drawing out thoughts and emotions (Part 2)
[.. continued from last post] Third, it is the space. We held the session in her quiet little penthouse in a very old house. From...
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David
Jul 22, 20162 min read
Drawing out thoughts and emotions (Part 1)
In my exploration of what some people called ‘Depth Psychology’, I have been receiving psycho-analysis in recent months. There are a...
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David
Apr 9, 20162 min read
What’s the point?
I still remember when I saw the first time an Abstractionism painting many many years ago, I wondered 'what is the point?' I have never...
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David
Feb 11, 20162 min read
French and Leadership – The limitation of traditional classroom training
Some thoughts came to my mind when I was attending my French class earlier this week. (Yes, apparently, I was not an attentive student...
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